encuestas

/[ẽŋˈkwest̪as]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,705

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

encuestas is aSpanishverb. It means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de encuestar. Pronounced [ẽŋˈkwest̪as]. It ranks #4,705 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with expuestas and envueltas.

Key facts for encuestas
PropertyValue
Headwordencuestas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽŋˈkwest̪as]
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,705
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of encuestas in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for encuestas is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽŋˈkwest̪as]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,705 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de encuestar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for encuestas, with forms such as "ecnuestas", "enccuestas", and "enceustas". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "expuestas", "envueltas", "encuesta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is encuestas, spelled E-N-C-U-E-S-T-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de encuestar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecnuestas,enccuestas,enceustas,encuesats,encuesstas,encuestass,encuestsa,encuesttas,encuetsas,encusetas,enncuestas,enucestas,necuestas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for encuestas

Misspelling Variants of "encuestas"

ecnuestas9enccuestas10enceustas9encuesats9encuesstas10encuestass10encuestsa9encuesttas10
Misspelling Variants of "encuestas"

Frequency rank: #4,705 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "encuestas"?
"encuestas" is spelled E-N-C-U-E-S-T-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽŋˈkwest̪as].
What does "encuestas" mean?
As a verb, "encuestas" means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de encuestar.
What words are commonly confused with "encuestas"?
"encuestas" is commonly confused with "expuestas", "envueltas", "encuesta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "encuestas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "encuestas" is [ẽŋˈkwest̪as]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "encuestas" come from?
"encuestas" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.